1. University of Georgia Department of Crop and Soil Sciences 2008 Spring Faculty Retreat March 10, 2008 Tifton Campus Tifton, GA

2. CRSS Faculty Spring Faculty Meeting March 10, 2008 Tenure & Promotion - Full Professors Format: 15 minute presentation by candidate followed by 30 minute discussion (led by candidate’s committee chair) and vote Dr. Katrien Devos (Paul Raymer, Chair) 9:30a - 10:15a Remainder of Faculty join the group Post Tenure Review (presentations to include program overview, objectives, actions, impacts) Dr. David Radcliffe 10:30a - 10:50a BREAK Departmental Issue (Donn Shilling) 11:00a - 12:30p Review of Strategic Plan Departmental Issue 1. Graduate Programs 2. Emerging Issues - Budgetary (1) Programmatic Water Bio-energy 3. State-wide teaching 4. Meeting methods 5. Webpage

3. CRSS Faculty Spring Faculty Meeting (Cont.) Lunch12:30p - 2:00p Breakout Sessions2:00p - 2:45p Plant Breeding and Biotechnology (Rm 6&7, Tifton Conference Center) Environmental Sciences (Room 4, Tifton Conference Center) Crop Physiology and Management (Room 5, Tifton Conference Center) Regroup for discussion and reports2:45p - 3:15p Committee Reports Undergraduate (Bill Vencill)3:15p - 3:30p Graduate (Miguel Cabrera)3:30p - 3:45p Extension (Dewey Lee)3:45a - 4:00p ADJOURN

4. Departmental Issues  Strategic Plan  Graduate Programs

5. Departmental Issues  Emerging Issues  Water  Bioenergy

6. Departmental Issues  State-wide Teaching  Meeting Methods  Webpage

7. Departmental Issues Faculty Positions  Positions recently filled  On-site Waste Water Management – Kirk McEachern  Cropping Systems – Scott Tubbs  Fertility Calibration  Crop Physiology – Glen Ritchie  Griffin – Ian Flitcroft  Soil Chemist – Aaron Thompson

8. State of Department Faculty Positions  Positions to be filled  Turfgrass Weed Management-Griffin  Area Agronomist – Statesboro  Soil Microbiology – Griffin  Warm Season Turfgrass Breeder – Tifton  Precision Agriculture – Tifton  Cotton Specialist – Tifton  State-wide Variety Testing

9. Departmental Issues Faculty Positions  Other Priorities  Pedology – Athens  GA Power Professorship – Athens  Oilseed Agronomist – Tifton  Plant Nutrition/Soil Fertility - Tifton  Weed Science/Invasive Plants - Griffin  Spatial Informatics – Athens  Turfgrass Physiology – Athens  Water Resource Management – Griffin  Quantitative Genomics – Athens  Environmental Stress Genetics/Breeding – Athens  Forage Management - Tifton

10. Departmental Issues Budget Process

11. Departmental Issues Breakout Sessions – 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.  Plant Breeding and Biotechnology (Rm 6&7, Tifton Conference Center)  Environmental Sciences (Room 4, Tifton Conference Center)  Crop Physiology and Management (Room 5, Tifton Conference Center) Regroup for discussion and reports – 2:45-3:15 p.m.

12. Departmental Issues Committee Reports  Undergraduate (Bill Vencill)3:15p - 3:30p  Graduate (Miguel Cabrera)3:30p - 3:45p  Extension (Dewey Lee)3:45a - 4:00p

13. University of Georgia Department of Crop and Soil Sciences 2008 Spring Faculty Retreat Thank You for Your Attention Questions Please March 10, 2008 Tifton Campus Tifton, GA